The East Africa Rifles, 1902 (c)
Chromolithograph by George Berridge and Co, Dean and Son and J J Keliher and Co after Richard Simkin, published 1902.
The East African Rifles were raised in 1895 at Mombasa, Kenya, from irregular troops of the British East Africa Company. On 1 January 1902 they were united with the Central Africa Regiment and Uganda Rifles to form The King's African Rifles. The East Africans were designated as the 3rd Battalion.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1965-03-44-37-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Global Role gallery
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1965-03-44-37-1
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